I guess to elaborate a bit more on what I said earlier. I think logically you guys are right, it would make sense that Carrie still feels hurt and flips out over her being thrown under the bus. I mean, even undercover agents succumb to pressure of living a lie. And when this specific life is very personal for Carrie, and she actually DOES have these problems, it makes more sense. So I'm not really disputing that.
But the reason I said it FEELS contrived, is because it does. It feels like the entire thing was set up just for the "gotcha" moment. And even though you COULD logically say there is a reason why Carrie does these things off screen, really the writers are doing it trick the audience into not guessing it's an act. Having characters act a certain way when they don't need to, just for the sake of tricking the audience is cheap.
Wouldn't this have been much better, if we knew all along Carrie + Saul's plan was to do this? And so we saw these very real moments of Carrie descending into madness, all for this con? We see the lines of the lie start to blur and become very real. I don't know, I just want not a fan at all of the way they set this whole thing up. I went back and watched the moment where Carrie watches on TV the committee throwing her under the bus. And I still don't agree with you guys that her specific reaction makes sense, if she knew it was part of a plan. I totally would agree that it's logical for her to react, but not that way. Again, it feels like she's acting a specific way, just to trick us, so we don't guess there is a plan.
What I'm really getting out though I suppose, was it all worth it? I say no. I think this would have been far more interesting had they not done all this run around for a surprise, and instead focused on the deeper character moments, and psychological drama which is what made Season 1 so awesome.
